Declassified CIA Cartography Maps from the 1980s: Cold War Urban Intelligence
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Summary
This article showcases a collection of declassified CIA cartography maps from the 1980s, originally shared via a Flickr album. The maps focus on strategic urban intelligence, particularly of Moscow during the late Cold War, highlighting transportation networks, government buildings, and other details designed for operational use by policymakers. The content provides historical and geopolitical context for each map.
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· 3 pulledCIA Cartography Center has been making vital contributions to our Nation’s security, providing policymakers with crucial insights that simply cannot be conveyed through words alone.
This 1980 CIA map of Moscow is a detailed urban intelligence map focused on the center of the Soviet capital during the late Cold War.
Unlike many general reference maps, this one was designed for strategic and operational use, highlighting transportation networks, government buildings, and more.
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